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7 Is it not they who blaspheme that honorable name which was invoked over you?
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Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8 If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
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For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not kill." If you do not commit adultery but do kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
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Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
13 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.
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because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
15 If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food,
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Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
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If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
17 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
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In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
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